Portable bath-cabinet.



G. G. 00X.

PORTABLE BATH CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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GEORGE G. COX, 0]? RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

PORTABLE BATH-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Application filed January 20, 1911. Serial No. 603,750.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rensselaer, in'the county of Jasper and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Bath- Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use'the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in portable bath cabinets and my object is to arrange the walls of said cabinet whereby they may be folded together when the cabinet is not in use.

A further object is to provide means for holding the walls of the cabinet in assembled position.

A further object is to provide a lining for the interior of the cabinet. d

A further object is to provide a tank for containing water, and, a further object is to provide a catch basin to receive the water after the same has been used for bathing purposes.

Other objects. and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet in its assembled position. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is a sectional View as seen on line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4; is a detail sectional View of the lower end of the cabinet in its assembled position, and, Fig. 5 is an elevation of a hood to be used when a vapor bath is taken. Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on the line 66 Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 and 2 indicate the top and bottom sections, respectively, of one of the side walls and 3 and 4: indicate the top and bottom sections of the opposite side wall. The front and rear walls of the cabinet are constructed of top and bottom sections 5 and 6 and 7 and 8, respectively, the top and bottom sections of the two sides and rear wall being secured together by hinges 9.

The lower section 2 of the side wall and the lower section 8 of the rear wall are secured together at their meeting edges by means of hinges 10, while the lower side wall 4 and the lower front wall 6 are likewise secured together by hinges 11 so that the sections so hinged together may fold inwardly against each other, when the cabinet is in knocked down posit-ion.

hen the cabinet is assembled, the meeting edges of the sections 1 and 2 and the sections 5 and 6 are secured together by means of hooks 12 and the sections 3 and 4 of the side wall and 7 and 8 of the rear wall, by similar hooks 18, the hooks and hinges holding the various walls in assembled position. The upper and lower sections of the front walls of the cabinet are provided with doors 14 and 15, through which access may be had to the interior of the cabinet, said doors being hinged to their respective sections.

The various sections of the walls of the cabinet-and the doors are made up of frames, which are covered over with oilcloth 16 or similar flexible material, the oilcloth pre venting the water and heat from leaving the cabinet, while at the same time the use of the same materially reduces the weight of the cabinet.

The cover for the cabinet is made in two sections 16 and 17, which fit overthe upper ends of the walls and are secured, respectively, to the rear and front walls by means of hinges 18 and 19, which hinges are preferably secured to the inner faces of the walls and cover sections. Positioned on one corner of the rear cover section 16 is a platform 20, upon which is placed a tank 21, said tank having any suitable form of lamp or heating device 22 positioned below the same for heating the water therein. The tank has connected thereto a hose 23, to the end of which is attached any suitable form of spraying nozzle 24, the cover section 17 having a trap 25, which when raised will admit the nozzle into the cabinet. The bottom of the cabinet is also formed in two sections 26 and 27, which sections are attached to cross strips 28, the ends of which rest upon bars 29 attached to the side walls of the cabinet, and the two floor sections are inclined downwardly from their outer to their inner edges, so that the water falling thereon will drain to the center of the cabinet and pass between the meeting edges of the floor sections and into a drip pan 80 positioned below the floor of the cabinet. Depending from the side walls of the cabinet are supporting legs 31 upon which the cabinet rests when in its set up or assembled position.

Instead of using the lamp for heating the tank, it may be positioned in any suitable manner to heat the interior of the cabinet, thereby obtaining a Vapor bath instead of a water bath and when the cabinet is so used, a hood 32 is provided to be slipped over the head of the occupant of the bath, the upper end of the hood communicating with an opening in one side wall of the cabinet, so that the occupant can breathe the cool fresh air. The opening through which the end of the hood projects is provided with any suitable form of cover 33, which is to be closed when a water bath is being taken, and the lower end of the hood is preferably provided with a draw-string 34: so that the lower end of the hood may be securely fastened around the neck of the bather.

In folding the parts of the cabinet together for storing the same or for transportation, the sections 1 and 3- are swung outwardly and downwardly on their hinges until they rest against the faces of the sections 2 and 4, when the cover sections 16 and 17 are swung downwardly and the sections 5 and 7 are swung outwardly and downwardly into engagement with the 'sections 6 and 8. The drip pan and bottom sections are then removed and the sections 2 and 8 swung together and the sections 4 I and 6 swung together,'when by placing the full amount of water within the tank and by having the floor sections properly drained into the drip pan, the water will not leave the cabinet except to enter the drip pan. I

It will be further seen that the cabinet may be placed in an unheated room and the heat from the lamp employed for heating the cabinet as well as the room.

, 'WVhat I claim is:

1. A cabinet, comprising a pair of side and end walls, each wall being formed in two sections and hinged together, the back and one end wall being hinged together at their meeting edges and the front and other end wall hinged together at their edges, means to secure the free edges of the side and end walls together, doors in the front wall, a top and bottom for said cabinet, each formed in sections, a drip pan below the bottom and a lining for the cabinet.

2. A portable bath cabinet, comprising a front and rear wall and end walls, all of said walls being formed in two sections and said sections hinged together, the front and one end wall being hinged together and the rear and opposite end wall being hinged to gether, means to secure the free edges of the sections together, a two part cover, the sections of which are hinged to the front and rear walls,,doors for the front wall, a two part bottom section, a drip pan below the bottom section, bars to support said bottom section, means to introduce water into the cabinet and a lining in the cabinet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, GEORGE G. COX. Witnesses:

EUGENE S. BARFOOT, JOHN A. DUNLAP.

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